[8] Princess Emina married her father's cousin, Tewfik Pasha, the son of Egypt's Khedive, Isma'il the Magnificent, on Thursday 16 January 1873.

In celebration of the event, Khedive Isma'il held a reception at al-Hilmiyya Palace attended by Tewfik, several ministers of state, and the leading religious dignitaries.

Emina was referred to in the Arabic press as "the Wife of Khedive" (Haram al-Khidiwi), and in French and English as the vice-reine, khédiveh, or "khediva.

As a result, Emina retained a prominent role as the Walida Pasha, or mother of the Khedive, though English writers often used the French term khédiveh mére.

[12] In possession of a large personal fortune, Emina gave a great part of it away in donations to charitable institutions, and was surnamed "Umm al-Muhsinin" (Mother of Charity).

[14] A girls' school that she founded, whose principal ornament is a heavy, ornate sabil in Turkish baroque style, stands close to the mosque of Ibn Tulun.

[16] Emina died in exile in her country house on 19 June 1931 at Bebek, Bosphorus, Istanbul,[17] and was buried in Khedive Tawfik Mausoleum, Kait Bey, Cairo.